61242751 | Iron Curtain | Term used to describe the division between Western (democratic) Europe and Eastern (communist) Europe. | 0 | |
61242752 | Irrigation Canals | Technology used by early farmers to get water to the crops. | 1 | |
61242753 | John Locke | Proposed the ideas of natural rights- life, liberty, property. | 2 | |
61242754 | Justinian | Emperor of the Byzantine Empire who wrote a law code. | 3 | |
61242755 | Karl Marx | Economic thinker that developed communism. | 4 | |
61242756 | Labor force | People in a society that are willing and able to work. | 5 | |
61242757 | Latitude | Flat- horizontal lines on a map. | 6 | |
61249112 | Life Expectancy | Average number of years people live. | 7 | |
61249113 | Limited government | Restrictions on the powers the government has like states cannot create money. | 8 | |
61249114 | Literacy Rate | Percent of people in a country that can read and write. | 9 | |
61249115 | Longitude | Up and down- vertical lines on a map. | 10 | |
61249116 | Magna Carta | Law code signed by King John of England that limited his power and was the first time for limited government. | 11 | |
61249117 | Magnetic Compass | Chinese invention that helped make sea travel across the Atlantic ocean possible. | 12 | |
61249118 | Mesoamerica civilizations | Develped complex societies such as Maya and Aztec. | 13 | |
61249119 | Middle Ages | Period in Eurpe that began after the fall of the Roman Empire characterized by feudalism, Roman Catholic Church was the unifier of the age with more power than Kings/Lords. | 14 | |
61249120 | Migration | Movement of people from one country or location to another. | 15 | |
61249121 | Monotheism | Belief in one god. | 16 | |
61249122 | Montesquieu | Proposed that a government should have 3 branches. | 17 | |
61249123 | Nationalism | Pride in one's country. | 18 | |
61249124 | Natural Barriers | Naturally occuring foundations such as mountains, deserts and oceans. | 19 | |
61249125 | Natural Rights/ Individual Rights | Rights of Life, Liberty, Property --or--- Rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness. | 20 | |
61249126 | Nullification Crisis | Prelude to the Civil War, South Carolina believed a State had the power to override the Ferderal (National) Government. | 21 | |
61249128 | Oligarchy | Government ruled by a few powerful people. | 22 | |
61249130 | Panama Canal | Water way through Panama that shortens the distance by water form East coast of the US to the West Coast. | 23 | |
61249133 | Per Capita Income | Average income per person. | 24 | |
61249134 | Polytheism | Belief in many gods. | 25 | |
61249135 | Popular Sovereignty | The concept that political power rests with the people who create and can alter or abolish government. | 26 | |
61249136 | Printing Press | Machine that allowed text to be mass produced which allowed the spreading of ideas. | 27 | |
61249137 | Protestant Reformation | Movement that began to correct problems in the Roman Catholic Church. It caused a split and the development of Protestant Churches. | 28 | |
61249138 | Renaissance | Rebirth of ideas, art and architecture of the Greeks and Romans. | 29 | |
61249139 | Representative democracy | Citizens vote for representatives who make and enforce the laws. US form of government. | 30 | |
61249140 | Republic | Government where citizens elect representatives (ex. Rome and Greece). | 31 | |
61249141 | Republicanism | The form of government where people elect representatives to create and enforce laws. | 32 | |
61249142 | Schism | Split in the Church. | 33 | |
61249143 | Scientific Revolution | Surge in scientific discovery in Europe. | 34 | |
61249144 | Secularism | Belief in worldly rather than spiritual ideas. | 35 | |
61249145 | Self Determination | Right of groups of people to create their own nation. | 36 | |
61249146 | Separation of Powers | Organization of government into three branches- Legislative, Executive, and Judicial; proposed by Montesquieu. | 37 | |
61249147 | Silk Road | Trade route that went from China to the Middle East and into Europe - called this because of the silk only coming from China. | 38 | |
61249148 | Standard of Living | Quality of life, such as housing, health, education. | 39 | |
61249149 | States Rights | Issue of the Civil War. South believed the States had more power than the Federal Government. | 40 | |
61249150 | Straits | A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water. | 41 | |
61249151 | Strait of Hormuz | A narrow body of water linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman, causing a choke point. | 42 | |
61249152 | Sub-Saharan Africa | The land south of the Sahara Desert in Africa that includes some of the world's richest mineral deposits and fertile land. | 43 | |
61249153 | Subsistence agriculture | Having just enough food to survive with very little left over. | 44 | |
61249154 | Subsistence economy | Similar to traditional economy and associated with subsistence agriculture. | 45 | |
61249155 | Suez Canal | Water way through Egypt that connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. | 46 | |
61314955 | The Senate | Part of the Legislative Branch whose job is to make the laws. | 47 | |
61314956 | Theocracy | Government where the religious leader runs the government. | 48 | |
61314957 | Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independece; third president of the US; made Louisiana Purchase. | 49 | |
61314958 | Totalitarianism | A form of government that controls every aspect of public and private life. ex: Hitler in Germany. | 50 | |
61314959 | Traditional Economy | A basic economy that was used in early farming and hunting and gathering societies. | 51 | |
61314960 | Urban | City | 52 | |
61314961 | Winston Churchill | Leader of Great Birtain during WWII who coined the purchase Iron Curtain. | 53 | |
61314962 | Ziggurats | Temples in the Gertile Crescent/Mesopotamia. | 54 |
TAKS Vocab #56-110 Flashcards
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